Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army. Gordon Charles Alexander
alas! while these notes are being transcribed, only one remains; namely, General Sir Frederick Francis Maude, G.C.B. Only lately did my other great friend, Deputy Surgeon-General Bostock, C.B., Q.H.S., die. While the notes are under revision, Maude has passed away.
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When the first Europeans trading between Benin and Palmas asked where the gold and produce offered them for sale came from, the natives answered, “From Jenné” (on the Niger, near Timbuctoo). Her name was thus given to the Gulf of Guinea, and, indirectly, to the English coin, the guinea. (
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Mr. Barnes, with whom I was acquainted in 1847, had been with that force in 1826.
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From the Portuguese
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From August 1, 1838, slaves became free.
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Thespesia, acacias, including the sensitive plant, abrus, convolvuli, palms, wild figs, tamarind, etc.
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Of the Wesleyans.
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Some account of L. E. L. is given in my separate book,
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Still called “Napoleon.”
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Under the title of
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Commander, afterwards Sir W. Winniett, R.N. He died on the Coast.
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Captain Losack.
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Lieutenant Bingham. He lost his health during the expedition, and shortly thereafter died in England.
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C. Swaine.
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The brig
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Messrs. Brodie Cruickshank and Frank Swanzy.
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Quako Acko by name.
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Slave-ships captured by British men-of-war were taken to Sierra Leone, their cargoes there transferred to the establishment so-named.
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On June 22, 1848.
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With my friend J. A. Bostock.
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General Sir Henry King, K.C.B.
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December 22, 1848.
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January 13, 1849.
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February 21.
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Out of 570 officers and men who went into action at Albuhera, the commanding officer, 22 other officers, and more than 200 men were placed
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Davenish.
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Dedicated to St. Molash, who died A.D. 563.
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The manufacture of Beleek ware was then a thing of the future.
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See
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The ceremony solemnized by the Rev. J. A. Grant, of Nairn.
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Major and Mrs. Shadforth.
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Another statement is that his birth took place in Upper Merrion Street, Dublin; his baptism in St. Peter’s Church.
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That was in 1850.
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Parliament, June, 1845.
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August 31, 1850.
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Born on April 12, 1851.
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Killed at Inkerman.
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